CVE-2007-4196
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as...
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
- Record
CVE-2007-4196- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
- Record
CVE-2007-4196- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-4179 No score
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
- Record
EUVD-2007-4179- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-72mr-454g-5j99 No score
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as...
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
- Record
GHSA-72mr-454g-5j99- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
- Record
CVE-2007-4196- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2007-4196 No score
icat in Brian Carrier The Sleuth Kit (TSK) before 2.09 misinterprets a certain memory location as the holder of a loop iteration count, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop) and prevent examination of certain NTFS files via a malformed NTFS image.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4196- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| affected, aliases, facts, references, title | GitHub Advisories, OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-4196 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Brian Carrier The Slueth Kit, published August 8, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.25%, the 69th percentile. Fixed in sleuthkit 2.09-1.
References
securityfocus.com/archive/1/474809/100/0/threaded
sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=A19F11EF-13CA-4940-AFF3-9BE08F67EE22%40sleuthkit.org
isecpartners.com/files/iSEC-Breaking_Forensics_Software-Paper.v1_1.BH2007.pdf
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4196
github.com/advisories/GHSA-72mr-454g-5j99
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4196